1920's Social Changes
The movement promoting the artistic contributions of African Americans.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
overall appearance of the economy in the 1920's
What is booming?
decade that the Great Depression happened
What are the 1930's?
this president launched the New Deal
Who is President Franklin Roosevelt?
this group supported the ratification of the Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
changes that were symbolized by flappers
What are women having more social freedom along with voting and some new job opportunities?
this type of organization was on the rise because of Prohibition
What is rise of organized crime?
reason that the unemployment rate increased from 1930 to 1933
What is business closure?
This is one way that the New Deal helped people who were unemployed.
What are public works programs (WPA, CCC, etc.)
The U.S. government further expanded the reach of American military and economic influence after this imperialist war.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This movement of African Americans from the South to the North resulted in greater competition for jobs and housing in the North.
What is the Great Migration?
anti-immigrant feelings
What is Nativism?
During the 1930s, poor land management and severe drought conditions across parts of the Great Plains resulted in this phenomenon.
What is the Dust Bowl?
The New Deal has this effect on the size of the federal government and its role in the economy.
What is increase? / What is expanding?
This founding document says that the government has the duty to protect the rights of the citizens AND the people have the right to revolution if the government fails to do so.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
important mode of transporation that more people could afford in the 1920's
What is the car / automobile?
What is the National Origins Act of 1924?
highest national employment rate (that the U.S. has ever had, during the Great Depression)
What is 25%?
this New Deal agency still exists today; it is old-age retirement insurance and money for people with disabilities and children
What is Social Security?
agricultural production became more efficient as a result of this change in the late 1800's
What is mechanized farming?
The Ku Klux Klan added these groups to the list of people they did not like in the 1920's?
Who are Jewish people and immigrants? (in addition to African Americans)
these two men were accused of murder and executed; trail focused on them being Italian immigrant anarchists instead of the evidence against them
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
highest unemployment rate for African Americans during the Great Depression
What is 50%?
this New Deal agency brought electricity, dams, and jobs to an impoverished region of the U.S. in the 1930's
What is the TVA? Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. policy towards international affairs in between World War I and World War II.
What is isolationism?